If you made it to the epic Fancy Nasty finale bonfire last Saturday night, hosted by The New Tropic, lucky YOU. If not … next time (we’re...

“So, what do you do,” an attractive woman asked me at a party in Colorado years ago.  “I’m a filmmaker,” I said, taking a swig of Fat...

World-renownded street artist, t_w_o_o_n_e (Hiroyasu Tsuri) didn’t know what he wanted to do with his life as high school ended in 2003....

Are You More Fancy Or More Nasty? You’re not fooling anybody. We all know you’re BOTH! Let’s celebrate the light and the dark in each of...

At a religious service last month, invited to pray silently, I shut my eyes, inhaled deeply and began my routine gamut of wishes:...

Since I was a boy, I’ve dreamt all my friends would buy houses in cool places, and we’d ultimately just share one big,...

BEST BOOKS EVER WRITTEN – The Sea Always Wins, acrylic, book covers, paper on canvas, 66×56″ 2015, Stuart Sheldon When I was a young...

THE HORROR! Last month, poolside at the home of good friends, our host gave his sons, same age as ours, permission to have some screen...

My little brother strode the stage in his cap and gown, gave his med school dean an emphatic handshake and transitioned from Mister to...

image by mastersofmedia.hum.uva.nl THIS IS MY BRAIN ON POVERTY. Day 1 My 7-yo buried his face in a couch cushion, frustrated he could not...

To Begin, Begin.                     Wordsworth Few things intimidate us like a blank slate waiting for what one of my writing heroes,...

“Daddy, I’m starving,” my 7-yo lamented, being, to use his own word, “marshmallow-dramatic.” “What’d you eat for lunch?” I asked,...

“Did you play tennis today in gym class?” I asked my 7-yo, as we walked into the house after school.  “No Daddy. You forgot to pack my...

“Even monkeys fall from trees.”  Chris Bradford, The Ring of Earth. No way, I thought to myself the moment my brush, wet with polymer...

“You suck!” my 5-yo barked into my face, looking me dead in the eye. The words hit me like broken glass. My neck and stomach clenched,...

This amazing wall by Melbourne artist Adnate typifies the dreary public middle school’s transformation. Photo by Sean R. Sullivan “Our...

The first step in The Best Books Ever Written, my largest work ever. See it at Art Basel! I just finished my first book (for the fifth...

Best Books Ever Written – new piece installed yesterday for Art Basel. Last week, I pulled up to the pickup area to grab my boys after...

Eight Years in the Studio, Work Pants, Acylic and paper on cardboard, Old window, 2014, Stuart Sheldon We all wear uniforms that hold our...

“Everyone has two lives. The second one begins when you realize you have only one.”     Steven Sotloff. She Gets It. I wish everyone...